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A SCOUTS WAR STORIES. Confederate Veteran Relates Interesting Experiences. The following war stories are told by a Confederate veteran, Hugh Henderson Scott, one of Hampton's scouts. They were collected and contributed by the Mary Ann Buie chapter, Johnston, through the chapter historian, Mrs. O. D. Black: In Hogan's Scout Squad. I first entered the Confederate service in January, 1861, and was beiwppn 16 and 17 vears of aee. I en listed in Gregg's First regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. I was on Morris Island and Sullivan's Island a while. We were State troops then, and after the capture of Fort Sumter ' the call was made by South Carolina for volunteers to go to Virginia, and about half of the regiment went. I was one of them. I went there to sftrve. but. was furlouahed on July 14, just before the first battle of Manassas. I came home, got a horse i and went back to Manassas and joined M. C. Butler's company at Bacon . Race church. He was then Capt. Butler, and his company the Edgev field Hussars, Hampton Legion. I served as private in that command until 1862, when I was detailed as a scout in Hogan's squad of scouts r for Gen. Wade Hampton. Captured a Quartette. In the early part of 1863 Bob Shiver was a lieutenant in the regiment, but wrould often go out on scouts with us. Bob Shiver, Woody, Barnwell, Gillespie, Thornwell and I crossed the Rapidan river and went over near % United States ford. We nailed two logs together and crossed on them. . .. ... we went over tnere ana capturea four Yankees and their horses. I said to Bob Shiver, "How are you going to get these horses out?" He said, "I am going to charge the picket and get them out." We got on the horses and carried the Yan- | kees as far as we could, then turned them loose. We came across a foraging party who had a lot of green food tied up on their horses; there were about 25 or 30 of them, but we . ^ charged right through them. This was the picket, and we charged through them and got to the ford. We shot the vidette at the ford, and Sjli 1 came across to where the army was \< camped around Fredericksburg. S . Clearing the Track for Hampton. P During the winter of 1863-64 we were camped at Hamilton's crossing, ^ ii i' ^ : ^ THE JV I % Constructed of I-beai < f put in hot. The gear | Y railway bridge. In tf imf five' r"' o i Stronger, more durab Y The wheels of ste Y riveted into the tires, < m. ? ' Y Y "V ? Lasts a life Time TT i ~ I See the I If c X Telephone Ni | Fredericksburg. We were in the | rear of the Yankee army. We cross! ed the Rappahannock river on logs j one night, and went over into CulI pepper county, between the Rappa! hannock and Rapidan rivers. We ; were going to Stevensburg, but wher | we got to the road leading from Fred! ericksburg to Stevensburg we founc ! it full of Yankee cavalry, headed toj wards Fredericksburg, and they were ! just halting. We went down in the j woods and talked the matter over I The Yankees had stopped there unti] | they could capture our pickets or i the opposite side of the river. This ; was Dahlgreen's raid, enroute tc I capture Richmond. We walked j alongside of the Yankees, back to the j rear of the column. When we got j to the rear we led out two horses | and took the men prisoners. Dan Tanner and I got on the two horses and fell in line'With the Yankees and crossed the river with them. After crossing the river, they took the road to Spottsylvania court house and we rodo to Fredericksburg and reported to Gen. Hampton that Dahl' otaati Vio/1 nrocpo/l frv i 51 11UU tiuootu nig 1 1 V ^ vuptuxgu \ our pickets and was going towards Spottsylvania court house. Gen. Hampton could muster only about 300 men from the whole brigade, but we followed them with the 300 men of the First North Carolina cavalry. Late in the afternoon we made some inquiries about how far they were ahead of us, and some citizens told us they had camped about two miles further down. Gen. Hampton stopped and told Dan Tanner and myself, "I want their vidette captured, and I don't want a shot fired." Dan Tanner and myself went around through the woods and got between the vi dette and the reserve, and wnen it came about time to relieve the vidette we went up and relieved him ourselves, and captured him without firing a shot. We then carried him on up to Gen. Hampton. Gen. Hampton rode down, dismounted his men and charged into the camp. He whipped Dahlgreen out of his camp and captured more than we had ourselves. Dahlgreen pushed on the next day, and we followed him and came up to him late in the evening and had another fight, in which Dahlgreen was killed (March 1) and Kilpatrick driven off behind the Yankee infantry. Gen. Stuart was mortally wounded on May 10, 1864, at Yellow tavern, on Sheridan's first raid, and died May 12 at Richmond, Va. i \ SnnirrpT TTnnt.. Said Gen. Butler to me once, "Tell ^I \ M |MV ItfBjP / I \ IOOERN WAGON ' us, channels and angles, parts and wheels are b le DAVENPORT you ha rHOUSAND P< le and of lighter draft th ;el, with strong, round sp lo away with the resettinj NO dKLAK-IJ Oil Without Removing Hi DAVENPORT I Fi imber 49 I i FATHER OF 68 CHILDREN. 5 Charlotte Negro is 113 Years Old and . | Veteran of Thirteen Wives. Only 113 years of age;'the father of 68 children, all either twins or triplets; a veteran of 13 wives and a j i train wrreck and still able to do "er j little light work such as mowing : lawns"?such is the tabloid history * [; of Wesley James, colored, born ac' | cording to his own calculations, Au|' gust 14, 1803, upon the ancestral ; plantation of the Ford family On ,i Sullivan's Island, near Charleston. 51 In an alleyway behind the residence j I at 604 East Fourth street, Wesley I now resides with his thirteenth wife, i : ' I who admits to 27 years and waxed I chatty after an Observer reporter had demonstrated clearly that his breast pocket housed no legal papers with ! ultimate design upon the James fur| niture.?Charlotte Observer. : about the time I put you under arM rest for killing a squirrel in 1863." He (Gen. Butler) was trying all j the time to get me in the guard j house, but I was always too sharp i for him. I rode ud to his head quarters one day, near Martinsburg, Va. I was sent out by Hogan, who was chief of Gen. Butler's scouts. He sent me to carry a dispatch to Gen. Butler. I rode on to headquarters and handed him the dispatch j and asked him where the regiment was, I heard a good deal of the hill." Before I got to where the regiment was, I heard a good deal of shooting going on. I rode up and asked the j boys?what they were shooting at, and | they said they were shooting at a squirrel. I said, "Let me take a shot.". I jumped off my horse and fired one of my pistols way up in the top of a tree, and I killed the squirrel the first shot. About the time I shot the squirrel Gen. Butler sent a guard over there and had six or seven arrested. I was in the crowd. They marched us to Gen. Butler's headquarters. He said, "Were you shooting too?" I answered, "Yes, sir." He said, "What were you shooting at, sir? You are always getting into trouble." I answered, "I am not in i any trouble. I was shooting at a squirrel." He said, "If you didn't kill that squirrel I will put you in the guard House." To ttiis l replied, "Tut the balance in the guard house, colonel; I killed the squirrel." The others claimed I didn't kill the squirrel. All went to the guard house, but i later he turned them loose. The col- 1 onel said, /'It looks to me as if I couldn't catch you to save my life!" *************< Construe Fifty years a; ^ Bridges were buil and maple. Now and use the strc i | good steel, and bi yah I heaviest lifetime s JTHE DAVENPOR" 4 1 BEARING i , solidly riveted together ^ raced and trussed like t ve a wagon of 3UNDS CAPAC an any other wagon of eq okes, forged solidly into t g of tires, loose spokes, an OWNS /I100I Nn Rpnair R IUVVI Aiv Aiv|nui m* tOLLER BEAR! ank * HARVESTING SWEET POTATOES J 1 : 1 i Need as Careful Handling as Apples ? and Oranges.?Methods Suggested. * ?? i Washington, D. C., Oct. 16.? j Sweet potatoes must be harvested j i and stored with the utmost care, sayj ] specialists of the U. S. department of < agriculture, if their production is to; ( prove profitable. Any bruising of the! s j roots, either in the field or in stor- i 1 age, will greatly increase the per- j ( centage of loss. In storage the tern-1 7 perature at which the potatoes are i kept is also an important factor in j ] determining their keeping qualities, j < | Harvesting Methods Recommended. j ( rnrougnout mosi 01 me sweet po- i tato producing region the harvest j ] j will take place within the next six j , i J weeks or two months. Growers I < should be sure before digging that j. the roots are mature, and they should j } select a time when the ground is dry j ( and the day bright. If frost nips the j , plants, the roots should be dug with- j s in the next few days and, if this is | impossible, the dead plants should be j cut off at the ground with a hoe so g that in rotting they will not carry the decay to the roots. Care should be taken in plowing \ ( nut thft nntatnps tn avniri all htMii'sins" I * 0t by contact between the implements j used and the roots. The soil should then be scratched away from the potatoes and they should be left ex-1 posed for several hours to dry. Pick- * ing should be in padded boxes, bas- j s kets, or crates. The roots should be ^ carefully placed, not thrown into the s picking receptacles. Although sweet g potatoes do not have the appearance of being easily injured, they require, in fact, as careful handling as oranges ^ and apples. ^ Handling should be minimized to j as great an extent as possible. This ^ makes desirable a rough sorting^ in /\ fl /\1 ^ V\*r rv 1 n rti ^ /-* 4- V* 1 ^ orf me ueiu uy piauug tuo laigcsi puia- ^ ^ toes in one picking container, the j r smallest in another, and the bruised roots in a third. In no case should t sacks be used either as temporary containers or for marketing purposes. ^ Diseased potatoes should be placed in none of the assortments. Such ^ roots should not be left permanently g in the field, however, to contaminate b the soil, but should be gathered and . Iw. fed to pigs. t( Proper Storage Facilities. si Proper storage facilities are valua- h ble to the grower in that they do q away with the necessity of selling the rr crop on digging, greatly lessen the j tc heavy losses sustained when the t f? primitive storage method of burying'm ted Alike 9 jo, Wagons and t of oak, hickory ? we know better, >ngest shapes of ffi| lild them for the ervice. r ROLLER |?f STEEL WAGON S?2 yith large rivets, he modern steel [ual capacity. he hubs and hot d cracked felloes, ills to Pay Gears ( [NG before pure Bam I :he potatoes is employed, and permit i holding for good prices in winter or spring. A special storage house, such i is many southern farmers have built, i s advocated by the department specalists. Such a structure with a capacity of 1,000 to 2,500 bushels can be built at a cost of from $100 to $500, depending on the availability }f lumber and other material. The! storage house should have double tvalls to insulate against heat and cold and a false floor to facilitate ventilation. A stove should be in-1 stalled for supplying artificial heat.! [f bins are used, they should have j slatted sides, further to facilitate a i circulation of air. C* ~ ~X 1 ?x?_2? x oweta puiaiues may ue sausiacionly stored in bins, but where economically practicable it is advisable to store in crates or hampers, since such i practice reduces pressure on the *oots, permits better ventilation, and confines such rotting as may start to j i relatively restricted space. In some sections the potatoes are stored in ;he hampers in which they are to be narketed, being removed just before shipipent and resorted. Disinfecting Storage Receptacles. Where storage is to be in bins or )ther receptacles these should, if hey have been used before, be thor>ughly disinfected by spraying with solutions of formalin or copper sulfate. The former should be used n the proportion of 1 pint to 30 gal ? J. fTlL 1 - ons or waier. me copper suipnaie hould be used at the rate of 1 pound j o 25 gallons of water. With either olution a second spraying should be 1 ;iven after 24 hours. Proper Storage Temperatures. When first placed in the storage 1 louse sweet potatoes should be cured >y being kept, by the use of a fire, n a temperature of rom 80 to 90 F. v] 'his curing temperature should be ! maintained for from 10 days to 2 reeks and should then be gradually 1 educed to about 55, and kept at as ear this point as possible. After his, the ventilators should be left pen during the day in clear, warm < reather, and kept closed during the < ights and in damp or rainy weather. 1 lThen the temperature in the house j t oes below 50 F., the house should j e opened if the outside temperature 1 ; higher, or a fire should be started 3 raise the temperature to the de- i ired point, since once th? potatoes 1 ave become thoroughly chilled their i uality is impaired and they are s lore susceptible to decay. In order ) maintain the proper temperatures, ] irmers should install accurate ther- 1 tometers in their storage houses. ( THE MODERN BRI )f Steel Built for hasing another tberg Bamberg, Sou k J&A. J&A. .*^A 1 ^ "^v Tyr' T^T \ :- - . ... . .V-.- ?*.; - TA.^-1 ;: _?'. ? ,L - 1 Negro Farmers Put Money in Bank. An official of an Albany bank made the statement yesterday that within the last few weeks fully 300 negro farmers had opened accounts with his bank, their deposits ranging from $50 to $75 for the smaller accounts to several hundred dollars for the larger ones. The number of these accounts is steadily increasing, and the amounts on deposit will be further augmented by those to whose credit the money stands. A canvass of the other banks of the city, as well as banks throughout southwest Georgia, would no doubt show a similar gratifying reflection of the present prosperous conditions in this part of the State. Hundreds of farmers who have been in debt for several years, banks or merchants or warehousemen having had to "carry over" varying amounts for them season after season, have this year paid every dollar they owed, and now have y money in bank that is "pure velvet." Peculiarly gratifying is this for muaic tuuumuu ui uie uegiu larrners. The bank official already *re- .r ferred to says that, among all classes of depositors, the colored farmer is least likely to draw out his money, once he has it in bank. He literally "salts it down" against future needs, and will not check it out-- unless forced by circumstances to use all or a part of it. t With the certainty of a battle at close quarters with the boll wreevil next year, the fact that so many colored farmers are not only out of debt, but have money laid aside for the rainy day that's coming, is most en-. couraging. It will give the farmers a big advantage when they open the fight next year. Nineteen hundred and i sixteen is proving a "fat year," and I it is coming at a most fortunate M time.?Albany Herald. r One Thing at a Time. ' > A Tennessee mountain woman was Bating pig's feet one day at the door Df her cabin when a neighbor came to tell her bad news. Her husband had lot into a fight at one of the town saloons, a bullet had lodged in his ungs, and he had died soon after. n The woman, a pig's foot held midvay to her mouth, listened to the larrowing tale in silence. Then, fallng onto her pig foot vigorously, she \ said: "Just you wait till I finish this pig's trotter, an' ye'll hear some holerin' as is hollerin'."?Memphis Commercial Appeal. X f > t T t: I . I y I I T T ] ^ ? 1 | IDQE I - ??- ? ?w? l vAu. f All Kinds of Weather Y Y = f Y f wagon X X Y Y Y f t J f I Y F f ot? ith Carolina | T J > -*! . ' ? . . - : i^.TV" -| '"''iV "V II 1 1 *L" * I tLO^